posted on June 2, 2001 07:19:57 AM new
Woke up this mornin' to find the following email from eBay ([email protected]) entitled "Change Password"....
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Forgot your password?
If you did not forget your password, please ignore this email.
To choose a new password, please go to the URL below:
(please use it exactly as is including all trailing fullstops)
URL EDITED OUT
This request was made from:
IP address: Edited Out
ISP host: Edited Out
Thank you for using eBay!
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I used the account & password last night....Had no problems remembering it, and did not request a password change!....Anyone familiar with this message?....Look to you like someone was tryin' to get my password???....Any ideas????...It's got me pretty nervous!!!
posted on June 2, 2001 10:27:38 AM new
My auction partner got one of these a couple days before someone took over her ebay account and ran up a bunch of bets. Several thousand dollars worth. Be on your guard....it got her kicked off ebay for a while and she had to go through appeals before she got back on again.
posted on June 2, 2001 11:40:11 AM new
redskinfan..Thanx...seemed just alittle too suspicious to me...I have email eBay & will be watching my account very closely...
I have received that email from eBay 6 times in the last month. Once on the 1st of May, 3 times on the 31st, of May, and 2 yesterday. eBay gives the IP address and ISP host that the request came from.
1 came through:
IP address: 66.31.98.112
ISP host: h000094b6dd7d.ne.mediaone.net
5 came from:
IP address: 66.31.96.170
ISP host: h00045a07065a.ne.mediaone.net
posted on June 2, 2001 05:35:31 PM new
noshill....You got "6" of 'em!!!...I only got the one, and the address was not the same as yours..General net-paranoia (which has served me well over the years) makes me hesitant to give the full address & I don't know how to trace it..The end of the IP Host was bellatlantic.net I wonder if these are individual attempts or a bot?
Of course, eBay (timesensitive) has responded to my email & assure me there is nothing to worry about...Uh, I think I'll just keep a very close eye on my account for a while!
posted on June 2, 2001 08:08:39 PM new
Hello Rancher ...
I wouldn't be terribly concerned. I've recieved 76 of those notices since September of '98.
None of them have amounted to a thing. I've made sure my password isn't a common word and I'm not concerned. I've started an e-mail folder just for change of password requests and it's almost gotten to be a game.
I'm convinced they are generated from folks who forget their user ID and somehow think it's mine. I have a common simple word for a user ID, thus the higher number of password change requests. I'm guessing that folks that have a less common ID have fewer or no requests.
posted on June 4, 2001 06:55:20 AM new
I've gotten some people kicked off their ISP, and one person terminated from his company for this.
I have a ebay UID that many people would want (It's a popular cartoon character). I was lucky and got it the day ebay started using user ids. One PW change email might be a mistake. Any more and I consider it an intrusion attempt and trace the email/IP address back to the source. I send a copy of all emails to "[email protected]" along with a note stating that this was an obvious attempt to compromise my ebay account. Most are very helpful.
